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REPTON , a See also:village in the S. See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Derby-See also:shire, See also:England, 8 m. 'S. W. of Derby, on the Midland railway. Pop. (19o1) 1695. It is famous for its school, founded in 1557 by See also:Sir See also:John See also:Port, of the neighbouring village of Etwall, which has valuable entrance scholarships, and two leaving exhibitions to the See also:universities annually. The number of boys is about 300. The school buildings are See also:modern, but incorporate considerable portions of an Augustinian priory established in 1172. There was an ecclesiastical See also:establishment on this site in the 7th See also:century, the first See also:bishop of See also:Mercia being established here. This was destroyed by the Danes in 874. In the second See also:half of the loth century, during the reign of See also:Edgar, another See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church was founded. The existing See also:parish church of St Wystan retains pre-See also:Conquest See also:work in the See also:chancel, beneath which is a remarkably See also:fine vaulted See also:crypt, probably dating from the reign of Edgar, its roof sup-ported on fluted columns. The monastery was dissolved by
See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII.
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